Game-board



(No Model.)

T. HILL.

GAME BOARD.

No. 452,133. Patented May 12, 1891.

wififiesses Inventor d. W' v UNITED STATES THOMAS HILL, OF PORTLAND,

PATENT OFFICE.

MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO THE MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, I

MASSACHUSETTS.

GAM E-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,133, dated May 12, 1891. Application filed November 8, 1890- Serial No. 370,719- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, THOMAS HILL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it apro pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for'playing a new game of skill employing a game-board and suitable movable men.

I 5 The invention embodies, essentially, a gameboard having an internal space and a surrounding portion which consists of a multiplicity of closely-disposed or adjoining hexagonal spaces and series of said spaces which 2: are successively adj acent, forming circuits around the said internal portion, and where by from said hexagonal formation of the individual spaces any thereof in a circuit may be entered from either of six directions, and certain and separated groups of said hexagonal spaces at different portions of the board having indications whereby they may be distinguished from the spaces intermediate of the said groups, and all for a manner of use 0 substantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawing, the figure is aplan viewof' the game -board, as constructed under the most approved design. I

Describing the board as shown in the fig- 3 5 ure, the same, which 'is of rectangular form,

is constructed interiorly with a figure or space 1, outside of which and nearly or quite to the edges of the board are a multiplicity (here one hundred and thirty) of hexagons 4o nestled together, so that the sides of one hexagon form also sides of contiguous hexagons,

and it will be seen that moving a man from any of the outlying hexagonal spaces into and through successively adjacent of the outlying spaces a circuit may be made around the board, an infinite number of such circuits inhering or being possible under the construction or arrangement. At opposite sides of the board are groups 2 2, each consisting of thirteen of the spaces, which by suitable 5o shading or coloring are distinguishable from the other outlying spaces which intervene between said groups 2 2. One of said groups 2 isto be filled with thirteen men of one color or distinguishing characteristics, while the opposite group is to be filled with thirteen men of dissimilar appearance.

In playing the game one player is to run his thirteen men around the central space in one direction while the opponent runs his men around in the opposite direction, the two parties struggling through and past each other. The player who first succeeds in runnin g his men around the central space through whatever circuits he may and then packs them 6 5 into the group of spaces 2,whence they started, becomes the victor. As the game partakes of the nature of a race and not a battle all the men remain on the board during the entire game. Players may alternately move one of their men and may accelerate the run when such can be done by jumping straight over an opponents man into an unoccupied hexagonal space. A player may jump his own men when the condition above indi- 5 cated prevails, and again a man may not be compelled to jump nor is a jumped man affected. The moves of the players may be controlled by the throw of dice or the spinning of a figured wheel or teetotum. From the hexagonal formation of the spaces surrounding the internal space 1 any thereof in any circuit may be entered from either of six directions, and thereby the courses traveled, by men between the time of leaving their positions at one side and returning to the same at the opposite side may be sinuous or have detours.

What I claim as my invention is- A game-board having an internal space and a surrounding portion which consists of a multiplicity of closely-disposed or adjoining hexagonal spaces, and series of said spaces which are successively adjacent forming circuits around the said internal portion, and 5 whereby from said hexagonal formation of the individual spaces any thereof in a circuit may be entered from either of six directions and certain and separated groups of said hexagonal spaces at different portions of the board having indications whereby they may be distinguished from the 5 diate of the said groups, and all for a manner of use substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of November, A. D. 1890.

THOMAS HILL. spaces 111terme- 1 In presence of- GEO. E. BIRD,

G. R. DUFFETT. 

